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United States of America v. John Cozza
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to the Social Security Administration during its redetermination of eligibility to receive disability benefits. John Cozza, 64, of Plainfield, Vermont, stated in a March 2021 application for SSDI benefits that he had not been self-employed in 2020 or in 2021, through the date of his application. When Cozza submitted the application, he knew that information was false. In fact, Cozza ha
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joseph Llano
Rutland, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Joseph Llano, 26, of Springfield, Massachusetts, his uncles, Tanashe Edwards and Edwin Davila, and numerous other co-conspirators, that trafficked cocaine base and fentanyl from Massachusetts to Central Vermont. The group distributed drugs to a large number of customers in Washington, Orange, and Lamoille counties. The defendant recruited individuals in Vermont th
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Ramone Hosten
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated domestic assault. Defendant was charged with two offenses-first-degree aggravated domestic assault in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1043(a)(1) and domestic assault in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1042- alleging assaults of the complainant on or about September 19, 2025. The State applied for and obtained an arrest warrant for defendant on October 15, 2025. Defendant was arraigned on December 11, 2025, and
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Rantanen
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer Lisa Shelkrot represented the Defendant charged with felony possession and transportation of firearms and ammunition.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Terry Dawayne Catching
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of distribution of cocaine and cocaine base and one count of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it. Dawayne Catchings, 31, of Detroit, Michigan, was indicted by a grand jury. Catchings distributed cocaine and cocaine base on December 23, 2025, and December 30, 2025, at a location in Vermont. On January 7, 2026, Vermont State Police stopped Catchings for speeding on Interstate 89 in Rand
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Geison Reynoso
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base. From 2023 until April 25, 2024, Geison Reynoso, 27, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Davon Lee, age 26, also of Springfield, engaged in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in Rutland County, Vermont. In February 2024, law enforcement seized two backpacks belonging to the pair containing two firearms, U.S. currency, and a large quantity of co
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Michael Merrick
Moretown, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Michael Merrick, age 27, of Bedford, Massachusetts, who was charged with DUI.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Samuel Alfaro-Sanchez
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after having been found in the District of Vermont on August 13, 2025, without any lawful status to be in the country. Alfaro-Sanchez, illegally entered the United States on numerous prior occasions. In 2008, Alfaro-Sanchez voluntarily returned to Mexico after having been apprehended near Tucson, Arizona. In 2018, Alfaro-Sanchez was removed from the United States twice a
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Theodore Bland
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with murder. Theodore Bland, 30, pleaded not guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Burlington to capital crime charges brought against him in a new indictment returned by a grand jury last month, accusing him of firing the shots that killed the two men.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Carlos Nonoal-Cano
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transportation of illegal aliens. On December 16, 2025, agents from U.S. Border Patrol received a notification of border crossing on the Vermont-Canada border and received an image of individuals crossing the snow-covered border on foot taken that evening. When Border Patrol agents conducted a search of the remote area near the Canadian border, they observed a black Honda Pilot with New Jersey license plates
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Crawford
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Christopher Crawford, age 36, was detained by the State of Vermont on charges of first-degree murder, cocaine possession, methamphetamine possession, and possession of a firearm after violent crime conviction. The State alleges that on September 4, 2022, Crawford snuck
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jason McGrath
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to produce child sexual abuse materials (CSAM, also known as child pornography). Jason McGrath, age 45, of South Burlington, Vermont corresponded with two people via an internet messaging application, offering to pay money for the production of original CSAM. McGrath sent money to the users in an effort to obtain CSAM and received CSAM from at least one user that depicted a child a
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tyler Hayes
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful obtaining a unregistered firearm and possessing a destructive device (bomb).
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Aaron Loucks
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defenant charged with aggravated disorderly conduct and a hate crime.<br> <br> Aaron Loucks, age 32, of Burlington, Vermont was accused for engaging in disorderly conduct and yelling racial slurs at a black neighbor.
View VerdictRonald Jensen v. Cody Lane, et al.
Denver, Colorado, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation, 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kayla Ramos
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> knowingly possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin.<br> <br> Google A.I.<br> <br> 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) and (b)(1)(C)<br> is a federal statute that makes it unlawful to knowingly possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute it, or to manufacture or distribute it. The "knowingly possessed with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin" describes the specifi
View VerdictDiana Newton v. Kohl's, Inc.
Rutland, Vermont, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> Google, A.I.:<br> <br> Employment discrimination law<br> prohibits unfair treatment in the workplace based on characteristics like race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information. Key federal laws, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Americans with Disabilit
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Karen Norton
Middlebury, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.<br> <br> Defendant was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after a police officer observed the passenger-side wheels of defendant's car leave the paved portion of the road twice in quick succession. Defendant moved to suppress the evidence collected during the traffic stop and dismiss the case, arguing that the arresting officer did not have reasonable susp
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Damien Diaz
Bennington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and robbery.<br> <br> In January 2024, defendant was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, grand larceny, unlawful mischief, carrying a dangerous or deadly weapon while committing a felony, and assault and robbery. The State subsequently amended the information to add a charge of larceny from the person. <br> <br> The trial court instructed the jury that, to find defendant guilty of this c
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Aaron Loucks
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of aggravated disorderly conduct. Prosecutors added a hate crime.<br> <br> Aaron Loucks, 32, of Burlington, with two counts of aggravated disorderly conduct. Prosecutors added a hate crime enhancement to one of the charges and say Loucks was yelling racial slurs at one of his neighbors, who is Black.<br> <br>
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Boisvert
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 2024 Robbery Spree.<br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 30, 2025, Christopher Boisvert of Swanzey, New Hampshire was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 74 months' imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.<br> <br> On June 10, 2025, Boisvert pleaded guilty to one count of Bank Robber
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Aaron Loucks
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated disorderly conduct, one of which is being considered a hate crime after he allegedly shouted racial slurs at children and neighbors.<br> <br> Aaron Loucks, age 32, was accused threatening neighbors and law enforcement.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Berk Eratay, Jerry Banks, Aron Ethridge
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Murder-for-Hire.<br> <br> he United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on September 25, 2025 and September 26, 2025, Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss, sentenced three men, Berk Eratay, 38, of Las Vegas, Nevada, Jerry Banks, 37, of Gardener, Montana, and Aron Ethridge, 45, of Henderson, Nevada for their roles in the January 6, 2018 murder of Gregory Davis in Barnet, Vermon
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Boisvert
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Bank Robbery and stipulated to the commission of a second bank robbery and an attempted robbery of a marijuana dispensary.<br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 30, 2025, Christopher Boisvert of Swanzey, New Hampshire was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 74 months' imprisonment to be followed by a t
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Boisvert
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Bank Robbery and stipulated to the commission of a second bank robbery and an attempted robbery of a marijuana dispensary <br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 30, 2025, Christopher Boisvert of Swanzey, New Hampshire was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 74 months' imprisonment to be followed by a t
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Aaron Badeau
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling drugs.<br> <br> On September 30, 2025, at approximately 10:30 AM, the Burlington Police Department's Drug Unit, Emergency Response Unit, and members of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted a coordinated operation in City Hall Park. This operation was part of an ongoing drug investigation focused on suspected activity in the park, during which multiple controlled purchases of drugs have been
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brittany Fields
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling, distributing, or dispensinv fentanyl.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Boisvert
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery by force or violence.
View VerdictTom Daley, et al. v. Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Burlington, Vermont consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a fraud theory. <br> <br> This was a class action lawsuit against Defendant Toyota Motor North America, Inc. ("Toyota" or "Defendant") by Plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and a class of current and former owners and lessees of model year 2022-2024 Toyota Tundra and Toyota Tundra hybrid vehicles (the "Class Vehicles" or "Vehicles").<br> <br> The engines in the Class Vehicles suffer from a serious defect which causes them to s
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Carlos Alfredo Barrera Vasquez
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Transportation of Illegal Aliens<br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 19, 2025, Carlos Alfredo Barrera Vasquez, 31, of Jalapa, Guatemala, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 12 months imprisonment. Barrera Vasquez previously pleaded guilty to transporting two adults and two small children after they had illeg
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Richard Bailey Jr.
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> St. Albans Man Charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Richard Bailey Jr., 34, of St. Albans, Ver
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Samuel Alfaro-Sanchez
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry to the United States </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican National Charged with Illegal Reentry to the United States</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on
View VerdictRobin O'Neill v. Nicholas Deml
Burlington, Vermont Plaintiff pro se without counsel sought a writ of habeas corpus.<br> <br> Robin O'Neill, who is serving a life sentence for a<br> double homicide, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for<br> the District of Vermont (Sessions, J.) dismissing her pro se petition for a writ of<br> habeas corpus made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court dismissed<br> O'Neill's petition for failure to fully exhaust all her claims in the state courts. On<br>
View VerdictState of Vermont v. Aaron Williams
Burlington, Vermont Criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with road rage assault and battery.<br> <br> Aaron Williams, 44, allegedly passed the victim's car on Mallet's Bay Avenue on Tuesday, cut in front of them, and braked suddenly while still in traffic.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Talbert Hill
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 95 Months for Conspiring to Distribute Crack Cocaine and Fentanyl</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> Talbert Hill, 44,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Travis Limlaw
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly possessed a firearm as an unlawful user of and addicted to a controlled substance.
View VerdictGuadalupe Garcia Olivo v. Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Burlington, Vermont pro se Plaintiff without a lawyer surged on an immigration law theory.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Daniel McSwiggan
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with managing and controlling a residence and making the residence available for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing, storing, distributing, and using cocaine base, a Schedule II controlled substance. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Rutland, Vermont Man Sentenced to 24 Months for Maintaining Drug Premises</h2></center></b></b></center></><br
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Rahm Klampert
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Hartford, Vermont Man Charged with Drug Crime</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging two-time U.S. Open snowboarding
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Boisvert, Meghan Cox
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with armed bank robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Hampshire Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges For 2024 Crime Spree</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> <center><br> <h1><br> Sponsored By <br> <a href="http://www.morelawsuites.com" target="_new"><font color="blue">M</font>ore<font color="red">L</font>aw Downtown Tulsa
View VerdictMisty Blanchette Porter, M.D. v. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, et al.
Burlington, Vermont civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on employment discrimination theories.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Blanchette Porter was among three fertility doctors terminated when DHMC abruptly shut down its division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, or REI, in May 2017.<br> <br> In her lawsuit, Blanchette Porter alleged that DHMC had retaliated against her for blowing the whistle on "questionable medical practices†in the REI program.
View VerdictMohsen Mahawi v. Donald J. Trump, et al.
Concord, Vermont civil rights lawyers representing Plaintiff challenging arrest and detention.<br> <br> Mohsen Mahdawi is an undergraduate student at Columbia University. He is also a Lawful Permanent Resident who has lived in the United States for over a decade and is in the process of applying to become a U.S. citizen. When Mahdawi appeared for his naturalization interview in Vermont on April 14, 2025, he answered the government's questions and passed his itizenship test. But, he alleges, at t
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Chad Maurer
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated identity theft and use of a false passport. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New York Man Charged with aggravated identity theft and use of a false passport.</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on March 13, 2025, a federal gran
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Nasir Hussain
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Submitting Fraudulent Immigration Application </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Indian Citizen Convicted of Submitting Fraudulent Immigration Application</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> After a two-day trial before United States District Judge Joseph Laplante, a federal jury convicted Nasir Hussain, 31, a citizen of I
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Serhat Gumrukcu
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Serhat Gumrukcu Convicted of Murder-for-Hire</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> After a five-week trial before Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss, a federal jury convicted Serhat
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Anthony Phelps
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base as well as being a felon in possession of a firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Queens, New York Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Firearm and Drug Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Anthony Phelps, 34, of Queens, New York, was sentenced by United Stat
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Owin Thomas
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base and Fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New York Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base and Fentanyl</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Owin Thomas, of New York City, was sentenced by United States District Judge William K
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Benjamin Gutierrez-Morales
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bringing Illegal Aliens to the United States </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican Man Charged with Bringing Aliens to the United States</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury indicted Benjamin Gutierrez-Morales, 28, of Sonora, Mexico, with illegally bringing aliens to the United States.<br> <br> Gu
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Matthew Isaacs
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Sexual Abuse Materials </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hartford, Vermont Man Charged with Production of Child Sexual Abuse Materials</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Matthew Isaacs, 33, of Hartford, Vermont, has been charged by criminal complaint with producing child sexual abuse materials (previ
View VerdictCourthouse News Service, et al. v. Teri Corsones, et al.
Defendants, administrators and clerks of the Vermont Superior Court, appeal from the judgment and permanent injunction of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Christina Reiss, J.) in favor of Plaintiffs, news and related media organizations. Beginning in 2020, when Vermont courts transitioned to electronic filing, the Superior Court adopted a policy of denying public access to newly filed civil complaints until a court clerk had reviewed them to ensure that they were sig
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